diff --git a/flow/connectors/postgres/client.go b/flow/connectors/postgres/client.go
index 70b0d15d1d..6ab8c32c9a 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/postgres/client.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/postgres/client.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/jackc/pgerrcode"
 	"github.com/jackc/pglogrepl"
@@ -643,15 +644,76 @@ func (c *PostgresConnector) getTableNametoUnchangedCols(
 	return resultMap, nil
 }
 
+func (c *PostgresConnector) executeReadOnlyTxn(ctx context.Context, fn func(tx pgx.Tx) error) error {
+	tx, err := c.conn.BeginTx(ctx, pgx.TxOptions{IsoLevel: pgx.ReadCommitted, AccessMode: pgx.ReadOnly})
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to begin transaction: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	defer func() {
+		if rollbackErr := tx.Rollback(ctx); rollbackErr != nil && rollbackErr != pgx.ErrTxClosed {
+			c.logger.Error("rollback failed", slog.Any("error", rollbackErr))
+		}
+	}()
+
+	if err := fn(tx); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("transaction function execution failed: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := tx.Commit(ctx); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to commit transaction: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *PostgresConnector) inRetryableReadOnlyTxn(ctx context.Context, fn func(tx pgx.Tx) error) error {
+	var lastErr error
+	const maxRetries = 3
+	const retryDelay = 5 * time.Second
+
+	for range maxRetries {
+		if err := c.executeReadOnlyTxn(ctx, fn); err != nil {
+			lastErr = err
+			if ctx.Err() != nil {
+				return ctx.Err()
+			}
+			time.Sleep(retryDelay)
+			continue
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Errorf("transaction failed after %d retries: %w", maxRetries, lastErr)
+}
+
 func (c *PostgresConnector) getCurrentLSN(ctx context.Context) (pglogrepl.LSN, error) {
-	row := c.conn.QueryRow(ctx,
-		"SELECT CASE WHEN pg_is_in_recovery() THEN pg_last_wal_receive_lsn() ELSE pg_current_wal_lsn() END")
-	var result pgtype.Text
-	err := row.Scan(&result)
+	var lsn pglogrepl.LSN
+	err := c.inRetryableReadOnlyTxn(ctx, func(tx pgx.Tx) error {
+		query := `
+			SELECT CASE
+				WHEN pg_is_in_recovery() THEN pg_last_wal_receive_lsn()
+				ELSE pg_current_wal_lsn()
+			END`
+
+		var lsnString string
+		if err := tx.QueryRow(ctx, query).Scan(&lsnString); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("query failed: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		parsedLSN, err := pglogrepl.ParseLSN(lsnString)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid LSN format - %s: %w", lsnString, err)
+		}
+		lsn = parsedLSN
+		return nil
+	})
+
 	if err != nil {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("error while running query: %w", err)
+		return 0, err
 	}
-	return pglogrepl.ParseLSN(result.String)
+
+	return lsn, nil
 }
 
 func (c *PostgresConnector) getDefaultPublicationName(jobName string) string {